Toyo Kaneshige

Toyo Kaneshige was born in Inbe, Bizen City, and became a National Living Treasure in 1956. He became a potter through his father, Baiyo Kaneshige. Pursuing the beauty of Old Bizen with added research and a strict intrepid style, he was successful in bringing out the sheen of the Momoyama style. Reviving the beauty of Momoyama for modern times from the Meiji Era, Kaneshige is considered to be “The Ancestor Who Rejuvenated Bizen Ware”, the artist who led the dying Bizen Ware to its current glory.